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WINSTON-SALEM -- Winston-Salem's Toby Thomas, Daniel Gonzalez and Cleuluis Rondon combined for 10 runs, 11 hits and seven RBI as the homestanding Dash ran away with Sunday's series finale 15-2 against the Carolina Mudcats in a Class A Carolina League baseball event at BB&T Ballpark in Winston-Salem.
Carolina (47-85, 18-44) fell a win shy of a sweep after losing their final road game of the 2016 season.
Enderson Franco started and took the loss after allowing four runs in the second and one more in the fifth before leaving the game.

Franklinton's Richard Lopez-Hernandez (right) eyes possession during his club's home boys soccer event on Monday against Southern Nash.

Louisburg College's Terrance Ervin stands in the pocket before delivering a pass during the Hurricanes' home football decision last Saturday afternoon against Jireh Prep.

Louisburg College's Jacob Stough (with ball) hauls in a reception as part of his club's home football conquest last Saturday afternoon against rival Jireh Prep from Charlotte.

Tickets are on sale for Louisburg College's 59th Allen de Hart Concert Series, which will feature a variety of performances ranging from r&b tunes and classic country hits to a holiday symphony orchestra and a beach music show.
The season opens on Friday, Sept. 23 with country music legend Crystal Gayle. Best known for her 1977 country-pop crossover hit song, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue," Crystal Gayle has had 20 No. 1 country hits during the 1970s and 1980s, and six albums certified gold by the RIAA.

Last week was one of THOSE weeks when if it wasn't one thing it was about 14 others!
Amazingly a local politician decided to double down on a discredited advertising message and we spent hours running in circles trying to find out about a murder -- or some type of sudden, unexpected death -- at Lake Royale.
The man's death is troubling for a whole lot of reasons beyond the obvious loss of life.

As this editorial was being written, two storms were swirling around the Atlantic sparking lots of talk by the television fear mongers but apparently not posing much of a threat to us in Franklin County.
But, as anyone who has endured hurricane season in North Carolina has learned, all that can change in a few hours.
It's been several years -- thankfully -- since a serious hurricane has ripped through our area, but those who have been here for a couple of decades still cringe at the memory of Fran and Floyd -- and a few others.

I have to say, I am still amazed at what draws people's ire.
Unless you've been under a rock, which I may very well do some time soon, you have probably heard about San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and the firestorm he has created.
For those under said rock, let me share: The backup QB opted to sit during the playing of the National Anthem during the team's most recent preseason football game.

Just about all problems, big and small, can be traced back to someone lying. It is true of people, and nations. Wars are fought because someone simply did not keep their word, and/or knowingly said things that were not true about someone.
At the highest levels of our government, when people are caught lying, they invoke the 5th Amendment, or just refuse to answer, and it is accepted.
Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in my opinion, clearly lied about knowingly compromising classified material.

Today's edition of The Franklin Times is the Labor Day edition.
Having grown up in a town where the main street is Union Road, you might expect me to take honoring American laborers seriously and you would be correct.
There is more than just one way to work, and that will come out in this tale.
The other day, a friend of mine called me terrified that Donald Trump was getting away with a lot of lies and self-contradictions (in our minds another form of lying) because the press wasn't sufficiently calling him out.

Dear editor: Thank you, Mr. Cunard, for setting the record straight concerning Senator Chad Barefoot's recent political advertisement regarding his opponent's participation at the June 30 school board meeting.

Dear editor: I have never heard the promoters of global warming, now called climate change, answer three fundamental questions. (1) When was the last time that the climate was not changing? (2) What is the ideal climate? (3) How do we know that it is the ideal climate?

Courtney Michelle Cooke and Jonathan Brooks Williams were united in marriage on June 4, 2016, at 5 p.m. at White Level Baptist Church in Louisburg, with the Rev. Henry Stamper officiating.
The bride is the daughter of Keith and Connie Cooke of Louisburg. She is the granddaughter of Martha Cooke and the late Larry Cooke of Louisburg and the late Thomas and Doris Hocutt of Raleigh.

Virginia Tharrington Manley of Louisburg celebrated her 90th birthday on Saturday, Aug. 20, at 4 p.m. at the Louisburg Operations Center. She was born on Aug. 22, 1926 and lived much of her life in the Fox Park area.
The head table was covered with a gold tablecloth. Attendees age 80 and above sat with the honoree.
Mrs. Manley's grandson, George Thurston Manley, served as the master of ceremonies, and his sons, George Walter and Charlie Isaiah, served as greeters and ushers.

The Interdenominational Ushers Convention of North Carolina, Inc. met Aug. 12-14 at the Ushers Headquarters Building in Franklinton and New Liberty Baptist Church. Ushers from Chatham/Orange County, Durham County, Greensboro, Roxboro and Franklin County were in attendance.
Presenters for the 91st Annual Session were Monica Kearney, director of Franklin County Safe Space, and Dr. Clarence McClain, pastor of Little Zion Baptist Church and a security specialist, who spoke on church safety. Both presenters gave useful information and handouts.

Two representatives from Blessings Inc. Soup Kitchen, Phyllis Perry and Geraldine Manley, met with the advisor and youth who made a donation to feed those less fortunate.

Franklinton's Tyreese WillIams (with ball) enjoyed an exceptional performance during last Friday night's home football victory against the Louisburg Warriors.

YOUNGSVILLE _Edith Wood Perry, 83, of Youngsville, died Tuesday, August 30, 2016. She was born in Franklin County on June 2, 1933 to the late Katie West and Henry Clarence Wood. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Perry was preceded in death by her husband, Judge Grady Perry; brothers, Perry Lee Wood and Henry "Scoot" Wood; and sisters, Mavis W. Franklin and Claudia Pearl Woodard.

LOUISBURG--Funeral services for Martha Elnora Williams, 80, who died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, will be held Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 11 a.m. at Nelson Chapel Baptist Church in Louisburg, with the Rev. Bernice Richardson, officiating. Burial will follow in the Nelson Chapel Church cemetery.

ROCKY MOUNT-- Funeral services for James Ulysses Murphy, 61, who died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, will be held Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 12 p.m. at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Nashville. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery.

BUNN -- By halftime, Bunn had already piled up 56 points during the Wildcats' regular season home football opener on Friday against the Northwest Halifax Vikings.
The Wildcats were dominant literally from the opening kickoff en route to delivering a 70-6 triumph over the Vikings in a non-conference football showdown.
Just four days after its clutch decision at Wilson Fike, Bunn upped its mark to 2-0 overall. The Vikings slipped to 0-2 -- and have given up 70 points in each of the setbacks.

FRANKLINTON -- A pre-game banner, which was soon burst through by Franklinton's players, spoke to a new era in FHS football history in JeVar Bransome's initial season in charge of the program.
But while this is indeed a new chapter in the Franklinton football legacy, one area of status quo remained in force Friday -- the Red Rams' recent dominance over backyard rival Louisburg.

Lake Royale murder victim ID'd

Suspect in ivory theft arested